The second stage of the supercomputer was opened in MAI

2024: Launch of the second World Data Centre for supercomputer

February 13, 2024 Moscow Aviation Institute in the opening of the second World Data Centres for super. computer Its commissioning will increase the overall performance of the university's computing cluster from 150 to 380 teraflops and significantly increase the amount of work in the interests of space the industry using mathematical modeling methods.

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GreenMDC

The modular data center has produced, delivered and commissioned GreenMDC. The system integrator on the project was Niagara Computers.

At the opening, the rector of the Moscow Aviation Institute Mikhail Poghosyan, the first deputy managing director - director of the Sukhoi Design Bureau Mikhail Strelets and the general director of GreenMDC Fedor Klimenko spoke.

The first supercomputer included in the cluster is 100% loaded. Every year at the Moscow Aviation Institute, the volume of work in the field of scientific research related to methods of mathematical modeling exceeds 300 million rubles. We have reached the level where development is needed, and the Priority 2030 program gives this opportunity. Taking into account the introduction of the second supercomputer, the total power of the computing system will reach about 400 teraflops, and MAI will enter the top ten Russian universities with the most powerful supercomputers, "said Mikhail Poghosyan.

The installation of the FixedSizedMDC StandardOutdoor modular data center was a continuation of the project, which began in 2020. Then, together with our partners, we launched the first data center for the Moscow Aviation Institute, which ensures the operation of the supercomputer of the university. During operation, the solution has successfully proven itself, therefore, to expand computing power, the World Data Centre from GreenMDC was also chosen. I hope that the implementation of this project will increase the ability of the MAI supercomputer, will contribute to the development of domestic science and education and will allow university employees to conduct the most modern research and solve complex tasks that require serious calculations, "said GreenMDC CEO Fedor Klimenko.

For the first stage of the supercomputer, MAI GreenMDC produced and launched a mini-data center CUBiC. Despite the similarity of the system configuration, the launched World Data Centre is 2 times larger than the existing one in terms of the number of racks and 2 times more powerful (8 high-load racks, 20 kW each). The data center uses UPS and air conditioners from manufacturers from China: UPS - Kehua, air conditioners - Envicool. Equipment of fire safety systems - CAR and NPO PAS. Before the launch, GreenMDC conducted two tests of the World Data Centre: in production and after assembly at the site. Each one lasted for 72 hours.

One of the flagship projects of MAI, implemented using supercomputer technologies, is a digital aircraft design platform. The goal is to develop and implement industries industries high-tech software and information environment at enterprises to solve the problems of product design, analysis and weight control in order to improve the quality and reduce the time and cost of design, production and certification.

Also, on the basis of MAI, design and experimental studies are carried out in the field of structural strength and noise reduction in the passenger cabin and crew cabin, thermal calculations, related problems are solved (linking aerodynamics and structural strength and other parameters).

Among the promising tasks of the updated supercomputer are work in terms of resource support, repair technologies, systems for monitoring the state of design of aircraft units, computational and experimental research in the field of vibration acoustics, strength calculations in the interests of certification of promising aircraft, the creation of stands for aircraft systems SJ-100 and much more.

2020: Creating a shell for a supercomputer

The domestic manufacturer of modular data centers presented the next development ― a shell for based supercomputer MAI on a compact and functional solution. CUBiC This became known on October 21, 2020. The computer system will be able to process more than 152 trillion operations per second and will allow solving problems in modern and promising areas at a higher level.

GreenMDC, a St. Petersburg manufacturer of modular data centers, has developed an infrastructure shell based on the World Data Centre model.

Mikhail Shumai, Director of Business Development at GreenMDC:

This functional solution for the Moscow Aviation Institute was manufactured and tested at the company's plant in St. Petersburg for 16 weeks, and then transported to Moscow to the customer's site. Despite the restrictions imposed due to COVID-19, the project was implemented in compliance with all deadlines and requirements thanks to the coordinated work of the teams of GreenMDC, MAI University and Niagara Computers. In the future, the World Data Centre will really increase the computing power of the university to several hundred teraflops.

The system will be used by MAI to study the fatigue strength of composite and metal structures, simulate hypersonic currents, design studies of conjugate aerodynamics and wing strength. In addition, the institute will be able to carry out virtual testing of structures and their elements, which will significantly reduce the cost of using expensive stands and conducting field tests.

Roman Klinovsky, Director of the Directorate of Advanced Scientific Programs of the Moscow Aviation Institute:

The use of a supercomputer will allow the Moscow Aviation Institute to implement its research and training areas at a qualitatively different level. Such equipment is another step of MAI in the development of its own competitive design capacities. At the same time, the university does not stop at this stage, there are already plans to further increase the equipment capacity.

The mini data center consists of two rooms - a vestibule and a machine room. The size of the structure is 3.2x12x3 m. At the entrance, a clothes rack and a mechanical shoe holder are compactly located. The machine room is designed to install four server racks measuring 600x1050 mm. The total power of the computing equipment is 71 kW. In order to effectively use the module space above the racks, cable structures are installed in which electric and low-current cables are located.

To remove heat, the World Data Centre is equipped with three precision in-row VYBOS air conditioners with a cooling capacity of 50 kW each. External units of air conditioners are fixed on side wall. Each rack has two power distribution units. Uninterrupted power supply is provided by modular UPS Delta with a total power of 120 kW. It is capable of maintaining continuous operation of the equipment data center for 10 minutes. The World Data Centre is equipped with a two-input MSS. Redundancy of engineering systems is performed according to scheme N + 1.

Artem Shuvaev, Commercial Director of Niagara Computers:

This is far from our first joint project with GreenMDC, but definitely our first supercomputer in the World Data Centre format, designed to solve a range of problems in the aviation industry using neural networks and machine learning. GreenMDC had a difficult task ― to provide cooling for a supercomputer whose IT infrastructure is characterized by a high load density, but our partners coped with it perfectly. In their work, they used current tools ― BIM modeling and CFD analysis. This completely eliminated possible collisions and confirmed the absence of local overheating points for servers. We did not doubt the success of the joint implementation of the project, because the GreenMDC team applies a unique approach to quality in its work, is unprecedentedly attentive to detail and strives for excellence in everything.

The module is equipped with access control and video surveillance systems. In addition, the solution implements a gas fire extinguishing system using OGV Hladon-125, and fire alarm is implemented on the basis of optoelectronic smoke detectors of the domestic manufacturer "Bolid." It is also worth noting that the data center provides a dispatching system with a graphical interface based on the Vutlan solution, which not only monitors the status of all World Data Centre engineering systems, but also notifies users by sending letters and SMS. The functionality of the dispatching system is available through the WEB interface, and inside the World Data Centre, a tablet PC on the Android platform was used as a device for displaying system parameters.

The engineering infrastructure of the modular data center is developed taking into account the recommendations of the Uptime Institute level Tier III.